There are many highly regarded and much-referenced studies on workplace misconduct that show the extent of a blight on corporate culture. One of the most prevalent is the 2015 National Business Ethics Survey (NBES), which revealed that 62% of employees in large US companies have witnessed or experienced misconduct. But only 32% of those surveyed actually reported what they saw. But all of these surveys are based on employee feedback. They may investigate on behalf of the workforce - the people most affected - but when it comes to investigating how and why change does or doesn’t happen they only tell one part of the story.
So, in October 2019, we used an online survey to question 1,000 HR, legal and compliance professionals working with enterprises in the US and UK - the stakeholders who are the natural custodians of organizational culture.
